Summer Camp in Gaza Teaches Uncompromising Message

[Reuters] Nidal al-Mughrabi - Summer camp for Palestinian children in Gaza isn't all swimming and soccer. At the Hamas camp, attended by 60 children, organizer Hussein al-Talaa said the message was uncompromising. "We teach them...that we reject any partition of (Palestine), whether through agreements or by force." Frolicking in a playground at the Hamas camp, children burst into song. "A Hamas man does not fear death, a Hamas man acts for the sake of religion," they sang. At the nearby Fatah camp, children sing songs praising Fatah fighters killed in combat with Hamas two months ago.


2007-08-23 01:00:00

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